Would better monitoring/tracking improve soccer?

I mean it defiantly would help, but i dont think a referee would be able to change her/his call even if they had an instant re play. Also, the fun about soccer is that you fight with the opposing teams, and if all the calls were justified, that wouldn’t be any fun :D would it

I don’t like extracting any more humanity than is necessary from the game. Same goes for baseball. Bad calls are a fact of sporting life, and there is no such thing as perfection. Try to remember these are games.

That goal wasn’t called back for offside. The ref thought he saw a foul in the box, and whistled the play dead before the goal was scored. The fact that there wasn’t a foul is irrelevant, and your system wouldn’t solve it. It was just a poor call, but the play was dead before the ball went in the net. That’s the nature of sport. It’s human. You could just play a computer game if you want.

FIFA (evil empire) the governing body that runs the game, have already ruled out numerous calls for goal line technology, ruling whether a ball has crossed the goal line or not.They cite that unlike other sports that use this it would interrupt the flow of the game.I agree that sport has it’s mistakes always will, but that’s half the fascination.To err is human let’s keep it that way.Besides any bad calls seem to even themselves out between teams over the years so that’s the way the cookie crumbles I guess.

I think its very frustrating when modern technology allows fans to have a better view of whats going on than the ref.
Worst recent example was the decision against the Irish that let France through to the finals.
I think this question will run and run for ages.

It would improve goal line decisions but remove human error as a part of sports. Besides, its a door in the foot strategy. what stops them going on to request it for offside trap calls, throw-ins and tackles/dives(a la cristiano ronaldo).

Tho This world cup is providing the tech camp with a lot of fodder. Arg-Mex 1st goal, Eng-Ger disallowed equalizer e.t.c

Determining whether the ball crossed the goal line or not would be the only use of technology that I would like to see. Using it for handballs, offsides, etc., would change the game considerably, and turn it into something more North American, which is not what most people who enjoy the sport want.